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United States Patent | 6,189,665 |
Yamamoto ,   et al. | February 20, 2001 |
A clutch control arrangement designed to prevent intentional starting of a vehicle while a clutch-stroke-position learning is being performed. The clutch control arrangement includes a mechanism for automatically disengaging and engaging a clutch. The vehicle has a manual transmission of which gear position (shift position) is changed as a driver operates a shift lever. The clutch control arrangement further includes a learning unit for learning a stroke position of the clutch, and a unit for interrupting the operation of the learning unit when the shift lever is operated toward a transmission gear engaged position during the clutch-stroke-position learning. Preferably, the automatic disengagement and engagement mechanism automatically disengages or engages the clutch depending upon a gear engaged condition of the manual transmission after interrupting the clutch-stroke-position learning. The clutch is maintained in a disengaged condition until a clutch pedal is stamped after the automatic clutch disengagement.
Inventors: | Yamamoto; Yasushi (Fujisawa, JP); Nishimura; Nobuyuki (Kawasaki, JP); Ishihara; Masaki (Fujisawa, JP); Iwao; Nobuyuki (Fujisawa, JP); Sakai; Nobutaka (Fujisawa, JP) |
Assignee: | Isuzu Motors Limited (Tokyo, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 426837 |
Filed: | October 26, 1999 |
Oct 28, 1998[JP] | 10-307629 |
Current U.S. Class: | 192/3.58; 192/111R |
Intern'l Class: | F16D 048/10 |
Field of Search: | 192/3.54,3.55,3.58,110 R,111 R |
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